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Synonyms for waffle
verb waver- flip-flop
- vacillate
- change
- equivocate
- yo-yo
- change one's mind
More words related to waffle
drivel
verb. talk foolishly
equivocate
verb. avoid an issue
- beat around the bush
- beg the question
- blow hot and cold
- cavil
- cloud the issue
- con
- cop a plea
- cop out
- cover up
- dodge
- double-talk
- elude
- escape
- eschew
- evade
- falsify
- fence
- fib
- flip-flop
- fudge
- give run around
- hedge
- hem and haw
- jive
- lie
- mince words
- palter
- parry
- pass the buck
- prevaricate
- pussyfoot
- quibble
- run around
- shuck
- shuffle
- sidestep
- sit on the fence
- stonewall
- tell white lie
- tergiversate
- tergiverse
- waffle
- weasel
equivocation
noun. avoidance of an issue
- ambiguity
- amphibology
- casuistry
- coloring
- con
- cop out
- cover
- cover-up
- deceit
- deception
- deceptiveness
- delusion
- dissimulation
- distortion
- double entendre
- double meaning
- double talk
- doubtfulness
- duplicity
- equivocality
- evasion
- fallacy
- fib
- fibbing
- hedging
- lie
- line
- lying
- misrepresentation
- prevarication
- quibbling routine
- run-around
- shuffling
- song
- song and dance
- sophistry
- speciousness
- spuriousness
- stall
- stonewall
- tergiversation
- waffle
evade
verb. get away from
- avoid
- baffle
- balk
- beat around bush
- beg the question
- bypass
- cavil
- circumvent
- conceal
- confuse
- cop out
- deceive
- decline
- dodge
- double
- duck
- elude
- equivocate
- escape
- eschew
- fence
- fend off
- flee
- fly
- fudge
- get around
- give the runaround
- hedge
- hide
- keep distance
- lay low
- lead on a merry chase
- lie
- parry
- pass up
- pretend
- prevaricate
- pussyfoot
- put off
- shift
- shirk
- shuck
- shuffle
- shun
- shy
- sidestep
- slip out
- sneak away
- steer clear of
- tergiversate
- trick
- waffle
- weasel
evaded
verb. get away from
- avoid
- baffle
- balk
- beat around bush
- beg the question
- bypass
- cavil
- circumvent
- conceal
- confuse
- cop out
- deceive
- decline
- dodge
- double
- duck
- elude
- equivocate
- escape
- eschew
- fence
- fend off
- flee
- fly
- fudge
- get around
- give the runaround
- hedge
- hide
- keep distance
- lay low
- lead on a merry chase
- lie
- parry
- pass up
- pretend
- prevaricate
- pussyfoot
- put off
- shift
- shirk
- shuck
- shuffle
- shun
- shy
- sidestep
- slip out
- sneak away
- steer clear of
- tergiversate
- trick
- waffle
- weasel
evading
verb. get away from
- avoid
- baffle
- balk
- beat around bush
- beg the question
- bypass
- cavil
- circumvent
- conceal
- confuse
- cop out
- deceive
- decline
- dodge
- double
- duck
- elude
- equivocate
- escape
- eschew
- fence
- fend off
- flee
- fly
- fudge
- get around
- give the runaround
- hedge
- hide
- keep distance
- lay low
- lead on a merry chase
- lie
- parry
- pass up
- pretend
- prevaricate
- pussyfoot
- put off
- shift
- shirk
- shuck
- shuffle
- shun
- shy
- sidestep
- slip out
- sneak away
- steer clear of
- tergiversate
- trick
- waffle
- weasel
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